Window-sash holder.



No. 638,6I7. Ptented Dec. 5, I899.

F. ALLEN.

WINDOW SASH HLDER.

(Application filed Aug. 10, 1899) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ALLEN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

WlNDOW-SASH HOLDER.

SPECIFICAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,617, dated December 5, 1899.

Application filed August 10, 1899. Serial No. 726,816. (No modal.)

T0 ZZ who7n it 7nay concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in

the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVindow-Sash Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in sash-holders; and it consists in the novel device hereinafter described and claimed.

My invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the sash provided With my improved holder, parts being broken away for better illustration of the same. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showingan edge elevation of the window-sash provided with my improved holder. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the frame which carries the roller of the adjustable sash-holder. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the compressible roller, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the slotted faceplate seen in Fig. 2.

A represents the sash of the window.

B represents the window-frame, provided With usual strips Cand C, between which the sash moves freely. At a suitable point on the sash, which is out away, as at A in Fig. 3, is mounted the frame D of the holder. This frame D consists of a fiat plate so bent as to have a longer member D and a shorter member D connected by a portion D substantially at right angles to the portions D and D The portion D is provided With a slot therethrough, through which passes the rollerspindle (l the length of the slot allowing the spindle considerable adjustinent therein. The spindle d has an enlarged rear end 61 With a screw-threaded opening therethrough for the passage of a screw D as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. This screw passes through the members D and D having its head upon the outer side of the member D, which coincides With the face-cf the sash, and the said screw has a smooth boss d thereon, Which may tdrn freely tion of the said screw; but by reaSon of its screw-threaded engagement yvith the opening through the enlarged base d of the spindle d the turning of the screw will have the effoot of causing the said spindle to move longitudinally of the screw, this movexnent being limited only by the distance betWeen the members D and D and the length of the slot 62 in the member D The longer member D is secured to the face of the sash A by means of a screw E, which holds the frame D securely in position: The spindle d* extends beyond the outer face of the member D of the holder-frame D, and upon this spindle is mounted the roller F, of rubber or other compressible material, provided with a central bearing-sleeve f, which fits the spindle d*. The roller is retained in position upon the spindle by means of a fiat metallic plate H, which is secured by screws upon the edge of the sash A and is provided With a transverse slot h, leading from one edge thereof, into which slot the end of the spindle d extends. The roller is so arranged as to impinge against the inner side of the strip 0 of the window-frame, and the amount of friction between this roller and the strip 0 may be regulated at will by a simple adjustment of the screw D which has the effect of around the edge of the sash, between it and the frame of the window.

It will be seen that I provide a cheap, simp1e, and efficient sash-holder Which is made adjustable 130 tighten orloosen the sash, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what; I elaim, and desire to seenre by Letters Patenb of the Unted States, is

1. In a sash-hoder, the combinaton with a frame seeured within a recess in the face of the sash-frame, a spindle mounted in said frame, and a serew passing through said spindle for adjusting the same, of a compressible relier mounted upon the said spindle and arranged 130 mpingeagainsb ohe retainng-strip of the window-frame, and means for retaining the said roller upon said spindle and for guiding the outer end of the said spndle, substantially as descrbed.

2. In a sash-holder, the oombination wibh a frame D secured in a recess in the edge of the sash frame, said frame D havng a S1013 d through one end thereof, and the screw D mounted 110 rotate in said frame, but not having its screw-threads engaging therewith; of the spindle 61 having an enlarged base portion D provided With a screw-threaded opening tyhrough whioh passes the said sorew D; a compressible ro1ler mounted upon che said spindle and arranged t0 impjnge against the inner side of the retainingstrip of the window-frame, snbstanbially as described.

.3. In a sash-holder, the combination witha frame seoured within a recess in the face of the sash-frame, a spndle mounted in said f rame, and a screw passing through said spin' dle for adjusting the same, of a compressible roller mounted upon the sad spindle and atranged t0 impinge against the retaning-strip of the window-frame, and a plate secnred upon the edge of thesash-frameprovded Wth a transverse 'slot into which extends the said spindle and which serves as a guide for the saidspindle, substanbially as desoribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK ALLEN.

Winnesses: 1

LUCIUS T. M. CANADA, P. H. PHELAN, J1. 

